Voices from captivity
Subtitle: interpreting the American POW narrative
By: Robert C. Doyle.
Series: Modern war studies
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Lawrence, Kan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
Subjects: Prisoners of war -- United States.; Prisoners' writings, American.
Description: Popularized by books and films like Andersonville, The Great Escape, and The Hanoi Hilton and recounted in innumerable postwar memoirs, the POW story holds a special place in American culture. Robert Doyle shows that, though setting and circumstance may change, POW stories share a common structure and are driven by remarkably similar themes. His study illustrates the timelessness of the POW story and shows why it has retained such enormous power to move and instruct us.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-358) and index.